Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Compare and order numbers and introduce mathematical inequalities in this fun math card game.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Weave a unique ribbon pattern! This fun arts and crafts activity is a great way to make colorful projects and learn basic math and art skills.

Want to make math a little more exciting? This single-player game is designed to help your child practice combining cards to create sums of 14.

Practice problem solving skills with your kindergarten or first grade student in this fun connect-the-dots game!

Your first grader will love this addition challenge! Roll dice and keep a running total as you try to achieve the highest score.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!